Sometimes, it really makes me sad that not only was Cassandra grieving the loss of Justinia (and Antony before that), but that she was no doubt grieving Regalyan as well during Inquisition.
It doesnât matter (in my opinion, though I donât wish to project those onto Cassandra either) that itâd been yearsâhe died at the Conclave, and the conversation only comes up when you lock into her romance. Cole mentions him once as well.
Those memories arenât coming out of nowhere.
She isnât reminiscing without cause.
She is thinking of him still, and remembering their time together.
When she and the Inquisitor are lying together, she tells him about the only other man sheâs been withâa mageâwhen she was still very young. Thereâs a wistfulness to it, even in her matter-of-fact phrasing.
Itâs in what follows that tells more: the adamance with which she tells the Inquisitor she wonât let Corypheus take him from her. She grows more intense with each word, almost as though sheâs trying to promise herself that as much as him.
If the Inquisitor tells her he loves her, she doesnât return it right away. It takes some time.
There are so many layers to and sides of Cassandra that I feel get slept on or missed.
âMages have always made their suffering known. Templars never have.â
I might also count a certain Seeker among the latter half.
I'm normally not the type to count spin-offs as canon (or anything that falls outside the context of the established medium), but given Galyan does come up several times in-game and Cassandra is apparently still thinking of him, I would in this case.
